Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for prediction of outcome in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Pro, Stefano; Iodice, Francesca; Alessandri, B.; Chiara, Luca Di; Capua, M. Di

doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2018.09.059

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“…24 Absent SSEPs in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury are predictive of poor outcomes but have low, yet significant, false-negative rates. 24,25 There are reports of children with absent/abnormal SSEPs in the acute stage after injury who achieved better long-term functional outcomes (at 5 years) compared with their short-term assessment (at 1 year). 26 This inconsistent prognostic utility of SSEPs highlights the importance of repeated SSEPs measures and long-term follow-up to determine real predictive powers of acute neurophysiological testing.…”

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Brain Data in Pediatric Disorders of Consciousness: Special Considerations

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Saleem

Ljubisavljević

2021

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

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The diagnosis and management of disorders of consciousness in children continue to present a clinical, research, and ethical challenge. Though the practice guidelines for diagnosis and management of disorders of consciousness in adults are supported by decades of empirical and pragmatic evidence, similar guidelines for infants and children are lacking. The maturing conscious experience and the limited behavioral repertoire to report consciousness in this age group restrict extrapolation from the adult literature. Equally challenging is the process of heightened structural and functional neuroplasticity in the developing brain, which adds a layer of complexity to the investigation of the neural correlates of consciousness in infants and children. This review discusses the clinical assessment of pediatric disorders of consciousness and delineates the diagnostic and prognostic utility of neurophysiological and neuroimaging correlates of consciousness. The potential relevance of these correlates for the developing brain based on existing theoretical models of consciousness in adults is outlined.

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